Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-08-01
The NEW DEAL.
George and M'Glynn Ready
to Begin their Political
Werk.
Shaping for the Approaching Struggle
in New York State---The Land
and Labor Party will Nom.
mate a Ticket,

ALBANY, N. L., july oU.--Ine polltlCal
future of the Henry George-McGlynn
party will be settled by the fall campaign
in New York state. 1t is the intention Of
its leaders to place a full state ticket in
the field and run candidates for the SEN
ate and assembly in q number Of districts.
How many votes they can poll is the
question which disturbs old politicians
more than anything else. The big vote
cast for Henry George in New York last
November surprised and terrified them.
If the members of the land and labor
party can simply do as well in the whole
state next November they will upset all
this calculations of the party managers.
Sixty-eight thousand votes for Q George
McGlynn ticket would be sufficient, it Is
alleged, to aus democratic defeat and
would encourage the land reformers to
push their organization in every direction
with a view of making a demonstration
In the presidential contest. In this state
the movement has developed its greatest
strength. Here are its originators and
brains. Here it is most thoroughly or
ganized, and here its growth or decline
will be determined. AT this early day it
would be foolish to attempt any predio-
ton about the influence the George party
will exert in the coming election. 1t
Is admitted to be an unknown and CON
stantly varying quantity. The activity
OF its leaders, however, is apparent.
i Within the last three months DR.. Mo
Glynn has lectured In the principal cities
and villages in the state starting land and
labor clubs wherever he has gone, or Civ
ing aid Il encouragement to those al
ready organized. Henry George talks at
least once a week at public meetings in
the metropolis, and John McMackin and
other trusted agents are now travelling
through the different counties to secure
the election of q full set of delegates to
the state convention, which will be held
at Syracuse, Aug. II. Many of the agi-
tators who have been conspicuous In the
labor organizations of late years have
been enrolled in the land and labor party,
and are displaying considerable AGILITY as
workers. All signs point to a large and
representative convention, the most inter
esting political gathering probably of the
| year here.
ldr. McMackin, who was here last week,
said: THE movement is growing much
faster than you'd expect. More than half
the counties are under full organization.
The cities are now pretty thoroughly In
working order, and we are giving our at
tention to the villages. 1t is hard to tell
what the vote will be this fall, but we
will have a full state ticket, which will
poll from $50, 900 to 200, 900 votes.n OF
course no one has any idea that the land
and labor ticket will receive anything
like that number of votes, although some
shrewd politicians concede it rs, 900,
Others give It So, 600 votes. No third
party has had as many votes as this in
the last twenty years except on two occa-
sions-in 1878 the greenbackers secured
75.183 and the republican plurality in the
state was "a, 661, and in 1879 John Kelly
received ~, 566 votes for governor and A.
B. Cornell, republican, was elected by
42, TIT plurality.
Mr. George, i n a recent article in The
North American Review, outlined the
policy of the new party, and declared
that they proposed to run candidates for
Office: not in the hope of e~lecting them.
but for the purpose of bringing before the
people the principles OF the proposed re-
form and spreading the ideas on which il
is based. A state convention which did
nothing but formulate a platform would
be a maneuvre similar to the famous ex-
hibition of the Duke of York. 1t is not
to be expected that Henry George will be
satisfied to march his forces up the hill
simply to march down again. A state
ticket will undoubtedly be nominated at
Syracuse next month, and later in New
York, Brooklyn, and other labor centres
candidates will be nominated for the leg
fslature. Some Of these may be elected.
Ii Mr.. George and the unfrocked priest
should be nominated in some New York
district, rs there is a talk of doing it
would give a novel and interesting aspect
to the contest, as either or both would
make a strong run, with a fair chance OF
| ELECTION.